Wednesday's Report: Braves, Falcons; NBA playoffs, MLB, NASCAR, tennis, NFL, colleges/NCAA, WNBA, soccer

Wednesday's Report:  Braves, Falcons; NBA playoffs, MLB, NASCAR, tennis, NFL, colleges/NCAA, WNBA, soccer

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High Schools
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GHSA Playoffs, boys
Class 5A
River Ridge 6, Veterans 1

Class AAA
Oconee County 10, Mary Persons 0

Class A/Division I
Trion 4, GMC Prep 2

Pro

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Atlanta 2, Cincinnati 1, 10 inn.

 

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Around/About Georgia

Harris and Ozuna deliver clutch hits as Braves rally past slumping Reds in 10 innings

Braves continue recovery from 0-7 start by rallying for confidence-building win over Reds

Robinson: Kyle Pitts is a tight end first, will continue to develop tight end skills

What's left for the Falcons to accomplish after 2025 NFL Draft?

 

A Worthy Read

The rise of women’s soccer has led to more professional options for athletes

NBA

Haliburton’s 3 with 1.1 seconds left gives Pacers stunning win over Cavs and 2-0 series lead

Warriors take Game 1 from cold-shooting Wolves  despite Curry’s departure with hamstring strain

NBA playoffs are seeing close games become the norm. And there have been some heroic moments, too

OKC’s Presti picked as the NBA’s executive of the year

How the Timberwolves went from 'We can't talk to each other' to first-round NBA playoffs winner

Bucks likely won't contend, but 'very loyal' Giannis might stay

Cavs coach: 'Excessive' physicality led to Mobley, Hunter injuries

Morey has no regrets about the Al Horford trade that could cost the Sixers a first-rounder

Baseball/MLB

Castellanos has HR and 4 RBIs, Schwarber and Bohm also go deep as Phillies beat Rays

Santana’s 3-run homer helps Guardians beat Nationals 9-1 and split a doubleheader

Tena’s go-ahead double gives the Nationals a wild 10-9 win over the Guardians

Pirates Skenes still winless against Cardinals after 2-1 loss

Auto Racing

Analysis: Redemption rings true for Logano at Texas; why we're not surprised

Tennis

Grant back in Italy hoping to follow Jannik Sinner as the country’s next tennis star

Gauff and Swiatek want to check in on the papal conclave while in Rome for tennis

Golf

Truist Championship picks from model that nailed 14 majors

PGA Championship sets the field for the second major of the year, Johnson gets a special invitation

John Daly and Rich Beem are going to sit out this PGA Championship

NFL/USFL/UFL/Football

Report: Jordon Hudson "forced her way" into Bill Belichick's Super Bowl commercial

Agent calls explanation he got for Quinn Ewers's slide to round seven "chickensh-t"

Well-traveled WR Dionate Johnson’s tour of the AFC North makes another stop in Cleveland

Chubb landing spots: Three logical teams for star RB

Berry: Deion Sanders was "not a significant factor" in Browns' evaluation of Shedeur

College Football

Celebrate Lee Corso and the soul of college football

College football's winningest programs: Ohio State on top after latest title 

How one-time five-star QB Rashada ended up at Sacramento State

College Football/SEC/ACC/South

College football powers Notre Dame, Clemson agree to 12-year scheduling agreement from 2027 to 2038

Gators lead nation in spring game attendance amid national decline

Pressure mounts on LSU's Kelly after big portal haul

College Sports

Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark receives 3-year contract extension through 2030

College Sports, the changing landscape

Trump reportedly considering executive order limiting NIL after meeting with Nick Saban

College Basketball/Men

Florida raises Golden’s salary to $6M annually after national title

Former St. John’s coach and longtime KU assistant Norm Roberts retires

WNBA/Women’s Basketball

Clark’s return to Iowa for Fever preseason game draws average ESPN viewership of 1.3 million

Lynx’s Napheesa Collier poised for another WNBA title run after an offseason playing with Unrivaled

Duke’s Lawson will coach Team USA in AmeriCup; Old Dominion’s Milton-Jones, OU’s Baranczyk to assist

Soccer

Maradona requested alcohol and ‘tore out his own IVs’ in days after surgery

The women’s soccer landscape in North America includes established-leagues, emerging newcomers

Yamal thrives but misses late chance as Barcelona exits Champions League in semifinals

Inter beats Barcelona 4-3 after extra time to reach another Champions League final 

Hockey

Oilers rally for NHL-record fifth straight time to beat Golden Knights 4-2 in Game 1

Maple Leafs goaltender Anthony Stolarz not ruled out for Game 2 against Panthers

High school/youth sports

Teen basketball players were among those who died in a Kansas highway crash that killed 8

Around the nation/world

Kentucky Derby winner Sovereignty won’t run in the Preakness, dashing Triple Crown possibility

Scoreboards

NBA scores/games

MLB scores/games

College baseball scores